Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2022-01-17
Books mentioned on Doug Abrams On Why Hope Is The Antidote For Apathy
As we grapple with a global pandemic, experiential climate change, mass species extinction, and many other dire calamities—it can feel like the world has lost its moral center. But every solution begins with hope—the antidote to what ails us.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Book of Hope
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams is an intimate exploration of hope, climate anxiety, and resilience through the lens of the renowned naturalist's life and philosophy.
Discussed“this wonderful new book that he co-wrote with Jane called 'The Book of Hope,' which is this very intimate look into not only the nature of hope itself, but also into the heart and the mind of this woman”
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The Book of Joy
Discussed“While you were putting together 'The Book of Joy,' right, because you were kind of visiting with those fellows and then catching Jane on the way”
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Finding the Mother Tree
Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard is a scientific memoir detailing the author's pioneering research into how trees communicate, share resources, and function cooperatively within complex forest ecosystems.
Discussed“We were work with another amazing researcher named Suzanne Simard, who did a book called 'Finding the Mother Tree' and she was the woman who discovered the intelligence in communication of trees”
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